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Bruins' goalie Gerry Cheevers jimips to Cleveland WHA for 8500,000 CLOSING STOCKS (SEE PAGE 681 CLOSING STOCKS (SEE PAGE 63) VoL 202, No. 12 1972, Globe Newspaper Co. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1972 Telephone 288-8000 72 Pages 15c Delegates approve liberal-left platform, avoid extremes SOU WMm cGovern rallies party to 6new politic 3 -vs ZW rr I PLATFORM KEYS ON VIETNAM Immediate and complete withdrawal of all US forces in Indochina. Modified, at McGovern's request, to include residual military force in Thailand and at sea until POWs are returned. ON BUSING Busing to better schools approved.

Delegates oppose busing to "schools of lesser quality" and across school district lines. ON ABORTION7 Rejected controversial plank favoring legalized abortion, 1569,80 to 1103.37. McGovern aides pressed for rejection of liberalized plan, which opponents said would alienate Roman Catholics and others. By S. J.

Micciche Gfebe Staff. MIAMI BEACH US Sen. George S. McGovern comes to the end of his once lonely road tonight and will claim in tumult the Democratic nomination for President. With the evaporation of the "Stop-McGovern" coalition, the South Dakota senator takes the Democratic standard of the "new politics" into the election duel against President Nixon.

Actually, McGovern assumed the Democratic reins 24 hours in advance of the titular leadership that goes with the party's presidential nomination. Sure of his delegate strength to captured the prize mantle, McGovern directed his supporters to give him a liberal-left platform, but not extreme. They responded dutifully, often allied with delegates pledged to Mc-Govern's opponents, to beat down the conservative planks advocated by Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace and the highly sensitive notions of the far left of the party.

In this cross-current of Democratic ideology, the convention rejected the antibusing plank sponsored by Wallace, and indorsed the platform committee's recommended pledge to make certain that busing remains available as "aonther tool to eliminate legally imposed segregation." The delegates saw the sunrise this morning, resolutely staying in session throughout the night to complete action on the platform. Twice during the long night, the delegates thundered down motions to recess the platform deliberation, in an adamant display of sticking to business. Finally, with the McGovern-styled platform adopted, the delegates adjourned at 6:20 a.m., ending an 11 -hour session, the longest in convention history. In its final action, the convention adopted a plank calling for a United States commitment to maintain a strong military presence in Europe and in the Mediterranean "ample to deter the Soviet Union from putting unbearable pressure on Israel." The proposal was advanced by US Sen. Henry M.

Jackson, emerging now as McGovern's new chief rival for the presidential nomination, though admittedly a hopeless quest for the senator from Washington state. CONVENTION, Page 22 day was particularly bleak. See Page 3 for vivid description of his problems. (Bill Brett photo) SOMETHING'S AMISS Everyone has his good and bad days, but for the man attached to these hands, to US returns to Paris talks, mild hope for settlement SECONDING NOMINATION of Sen. George McGovern at convention will be Mrs.

Valerie Kushner, whose husband has been POW since 1967. (UPI) Kennedy to stay on Cape until after VP is picked Associated Press WASHINGTON The United States returns to the Vietnam peace table tomorrow amid only modest predictions here for the prospects of a settlement in the near future. Secretary of State William P. Rogers, due in late today from a round-the-world trip, said before leaving Rome that he is generally hopeful the reopening Paris parley might bring some movement by a Hanoi negotiator toward ending the war. Assistant Secretary Marshall Green, the State Department's top Far East expert, returned from an East Asian tour affirming that the United States will work hard for a settlement.

"But I think we are dealing, quite realistically," Green said, "with pretty a d-b i 1 1 intransigent, struggle-minded leaders in Hanoi." President Nixon's security affairs adviser, Henry A. Kissinger, told newsmen over the weekend that "at least we have some reason to believe that maybe there will be a new approach" by North Vietnam. "But we cannot guarantee it," he said, "because it will not be certain until we have heard it from them." Washington analysts have spotted no particular shift in North Vietnam's position in the public remarks of Hanoi negotiator Xuan Thuy upon his arrival in Paris Monday. They say Hanoi's terms would mean, in effect, a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. However, Le Due Tho, the Hanoi Politburo member who has met secretly with Kissinger in the past, is reported on his way to Paris and what he says privately may or may not diverge from their public stance.

i PEACE TALKS, Page 14 TOP SPOT gardeners also bloom By Douglas S. Crocket Globe Staff It stands in the center of dren's Hospital a full-fledged greenhouse, complete with ventilation and plumbing and electricity and all the rest. There is little to make it different from any other such structure except for its gardeners, who are children sick children. They come two at a time to the greenhouse in wheelchairs, on crutches and in casts. Some of the children are unable to make the trip, so the plants and flowers are taken to them.

The gardeners, you see, are patients at the Children's Hospital Medical Center and the greenhouse is a unique activity for them. The greenhouse offers an education in nature and life. One by one the children plant and nurture a flower or vine while hospitalized and then take them home when they are released. "It's really something the way the youngsters have taken to the activity," said Mrs. Carlton Akins of Ded-ham, a volunteer, who, along with landscape foreman Bob White of Mansfield, directs the program.

Mrs. Akins travels to the hospital from her Dedham home several times a week. "For some, it's one more thing to break the monotony. For others, it generates a life-long interest in gardening and nature. GREENHOUSE, Page 50 stant telephone communication all day yesterday.

Kennedy spent the day fishing in a small boat (without any telephone) with members of his family and was out of touch with the world for the better part of Tuesday. Other reports from Florida have been creating or attempting to create an impression that Kennedy will somehow accede to the McGovern forces and accept the vice presidential nomination. Drayne tried to put this to rest at this morning's press meeting when he told newsmen that Kennedy has absolutely no interest in the second spot on the party ticket. Tho nrocc epprptarv ovnlainpH Calls children real losers White blasts Hub school aid veto By David Farrell Globe Staff HYANNISPORT Dick Drayne, Sen. Edward M.

Kennedy's press secretary, was sitting with reporters this morning discussing the numerous reports and rumors emanating from the Democratic National Convention. "If you're out fishing and sailing all day long, obviously you cannot be making telephone calls to Sen. McGovern or other political leaders at the convention," Drayne observed. He was referring to one persistent report from the convention which had Kennedy and McGovern in con- He agreed the School Committee was the real villain in not complying with the Racial Imbalance Law, but he said, the governor should allow the city to have the funds while the case is before the courts. The Superior court case is due to start July 24, according to City Corporation Counsel Herbert Glea-son and will last for two or three months.

Then Gleason said, the case will no doubt be appealed to the Supreme Court. He charged the governor with lack of leadership and said Sargent does not "know nor work his job." White said he could do no more and would not join, in calling for an emergency session of the state legislature. The whole thing, he said, is now up to Gov. Sargent. IMBALANCE Page 5 that Kennedy has no control over what is coming out of Miami but he does have total control over his own future and this ''very definitely excludes" even a draft for the vice presidential nomination.

Kennedy has also confided in others that there is no way he will accept the second spot. KENNEDY, Page 22 INSIDE VIEW Fischer loses, concedes game United Press International REYKJAVIK, Iceland American chess challenger Bobby Fischer conceded the first game of the $250,000 world championship chess match to Russia's Boris Spassky today in the 56th move. The game was adjourned after 40 moves with Spassky holding the slight edge. Fischer stood up from his special swivel chair, made a helpless gesture to the audience and left the table. Today's victory gave Spassky a 1-0 lead, but the match could go as many as 24 games.

Spassky, as reigning champion, needs only 12 points to retain his title but 'Fischer needs 12la to win. A 'Victory gives the winner one point and each gets one-half point for a Today's game started off quietly but Fischer stalked off the stage soon after the game started, protesting closed circuit television of the contest. CHESS, Page 58 Slocks slip 4llr (lay The stock market today failed to hold an early gain and closed lower for the fourth straight session. In more active trading, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 923.69 for a loss of 2.18, See Page 6ft. Schedule tonight 7 p.m.

Address. Roll call for presidential nominee. Appointment of committee to advise nominee of selection. TV coverage 7 p.m. to midnight (7); 7 to 11 p.m.

(4); 9:30 to 11p.m. (5). was passed in the closing hours of this year's legislative session and was designed to get Boston the $54 million the state Board of Education has withheld because of Boston's alleged failure to comply with the Racial Imbalance Act. White, in his press conference, said repeatedly that there did not appear to be any escape from the crisis but it could be possible to cut programs and other services in order to keep the schools open. i Just what and where to cut, he said, is a puzzle and not easily solved because some other services would have to be halted or reduced.

He said he could not understand why the governor vetoed the measure but he said "his action is insane. Book 42 Frazier 37 Bridge 70 Living 37-55 Chat 54 Obituaries 20,65 Classified 24-35 Shain 72 Comics 70,71 Sports 5-7-64 Crossword 70 Star Gazer 70 Deaths 65 TV-Radio 71 Editorials 12 Theaters 15-19 Financial 66-69 Twistagram 70 By Raymond Doherty and Jonathan Fuerbringer Globe Staff Mayor Kevin White today blasted Gov. Francis Sargent for his action in vetoing the release of $54" million in school funds to the city of Boston and charged that the governor was forcing the shutdown of some 200 public schools in the city. The governor, when he vetoed the release yesterday, said the legislation calling for such release "represents a direct attempt to short-circuit the Racial Imbalance Act. White countered today with, "He says he doesn't want to short-circuit the law what he's really doing is blowing the fuse on the entire city of Boston.

The bill which Sarnt vetoed Nixon asks for flood relief Associated Press SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. President Nixon announced Wednesday he will ask Congress to vote $1.7 billion in disaster relief funds and. authorize one percent interest loans for homeowners and businessmen 'in Eastern states recovering from Tropical Storm Agnes flood damage, In a statement, Nixon described the recent flooding as the "worst natural disaster in the whole of American history," and said "our response as a nation also must be mass- "jj" WEATHER Tonight Fair, in 60s. Tomorrow Cloudy, warm. High Tide 1:13 p.m.

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